Uses
You use this verb tense to describe something that is currently occurring.
What is the present tense
J'avais fait.
What is the plus-que-parfait?
You don't have agreement when using passé composé except....
What is when using the verb être?
This verb tense has the conjugated form of avoir or être plus the past participle.
What is the passé composé?
What tense is this? Ne chantons pas!
What is le présent, but more specifically, l'impératif?
You use this tense to describe a past action that preceded another past action.
What is the plus-que-parfait?
Quand j'étais jeune, j'aimais les écureuils?
What is l'imparfait?
In this tense, you use avoir to express past action except when using aller, arriver, descendre, devenir, entrer, monter,mourir, naitre, partir, passer, rentrer, rester, retourner, revenir, sortir, tomber, and venir.
What is le passé composé?
This verb tense has the stem of the present nous form plus the endings which are -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient.
What is l'imparfait?
For which tenses do we need to worry about AGREEMENTS?
What are the passé composé and le Plus-que-parfait?
You use this tense to describe habitual and customary action, continuous or ongoing past action, and physical conditions or mental or emotional states.
What is the imparfait?
Quand j'aurai trente ans je serai riche. Quand je serai riche je serai heureuse.
What is le futur simple?
To form this tense with REGULAR verbs, we take the infinitive form of the verb and then add imparfait endings. What is this tense?
Which regular verbs would this NOT work for (meaning, we would have to modify somehow)?
What le conditionnel?
What are -RE verbs?
This verb tense uses the imperfect of avoir or être plus the past participle.
What is le plus-que-parfait?
Je viens de me raser.
What is le passé récent?
This verb tense is used to express an action that hasn't take place but would under different circumstances.
What is le conditionnel ?
Il viendrait.
What is le conditionnel?
You use le passé composé to express a succession of actions in the past. What would happen if we wanted to describe an action that took place BEFORE another past action?
What is we use le Plus-que-parfait?
This verb tense uses the infinitive plus endings which are -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont.
What is le futur simple?
Savoir, Aimer, Vouloir, Etre, Pouvoir, Avoir, Connaître and Habiter are important verbs for this reason.
What is they are mainly used in the Imparfait.
This tense is used to express something that "just happened".
What is le passé récent?
Elles vont se parler.
What is le futur proche?
You never use agreement with past tense verbs taking avoir except.....
What is when the direct object precedes the verb?
We form these 2 tenses quite similarly. For which tense would we use the present of ALLER + an Infinitive? For which tense would we use the present of VENIR de + Infinitive?
What are le futur proche and le passé récent?
Fill in the blank with the correct tense.
Papa ___________ (préparer) le souper quand je ___________ (rentrer) hier soir.
What is either préparait OR avait préparé and then suis rentré ?